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Thursday. March 25 1976

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NBC's Today to feature
Claiborne farm in salute

By MONTY N. FOLEY
Kernel Staff \\ riter

Bourbon (‘ounty's’ Claiborne Farm will
be featured on Friday. April 2 when the
NBC Today Show focuses its bicentennial
salute upon the Bluegrass state.

in addition to the coverage of the Central
Kentucky horse farm. the Today Show
segment will present some of Fayette
County‘s noted historical sights as well as
a brief message by Gov. Julian Carroll.

An NBC film crew. headed by producer
\‘emon Hixson. is in the state this week
preparing the one—hour program.

Hixson and two other NBC officials
commented about their production
Wednesday night at a reception held at the
Holiday Inn North and sponsored by the
University chapter of the Society of
ProfessionalJournalists. Sigma Delta Chi.

Regarding the program‘s content.
Hixson said, “In no way do we attempt to
produce an encyclopedic presentation. it
would take 48 hours to cover all of Ken-
tucky.“

“it would be a boring, dry recitation of
statistics if we tried to cover everything
(in the state)."

Defending his selection of Claiborne
Farm as representative of one facet of the
Commonwealth’s culture, Hixson said,
“My research unit came in (here) and
found that the people at Claiborne would
be most cooperative. And the fact that
Secretariat is there, a horse that is of in-
terest to many people, also influenced the
decis'on.

“We will have an in-depth presentation
on the horse farm.” Hixson said. “Some
guy in Philadelphia who is eager to get out
of the city will go bananas over the farm."
as his prime source of news is a fool. TV

Regarding Gov. Carroll‘s brief
scheduled appearance. Hixson said, “I
hear he’s quite talkative. We‘ll be asking
him questions about the moodof the people
and the history of the state."

Today Show regular Jim Hartz will
arrive in Lexington later this week to
appear as the oncamera talent for the
program. Hixson said.

“We‘ll meet with Hartz this Friday to
talk over the script and make necessary
changes. then shoot it (the program).“

The NBC producer said that you can't
please everyone when you put together a
representational program. referring to
past complaints his network has received
about its programs on other states.

“In West Virginia we covered coal
mines. That state is many things. but it’s
also coal mines.“ Hixson said.

Following his comments about the
content of the Kentucky feature. Hixson
fielded questions from 15 UK Strudents and
four faculty members about hard news
coverage by television networks.

Asked to compare TV news to print
journalism. he siad. “Any one who uses TV
as his prime source of news is a fool. TV
news is like an index of what will be in
newspapers and magazines.

“Television is a good headline service
which imparts some of the emotional feeli
g that‘s a part ofa story.“ he added.

The acting chairman of the Department
of Human Communications. Dr. Robert N.
Bostrom. asked Hixson if journalism
schools should attempt to teach television
production.

The producer replied that at most
colleges and universities one major
problem hampers productions instruction,
that being money for the sophisticated
production equipment.

6] University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

No ioshing

.losh Melton ell makes a passionate plea to the Locum students attending his
lecture in Memorial ('oliseum Wednesday night. See related story on page 5.

Kentucky gears up for first primary

By MIKE MEUSl-IR
Assistant Managing Editor

With the first presidential primary in
Kentucky's history scheduled for May 25,
local campaign organizations for the
presidential hqiefuls in both camps are in
various stages of development.

Although political observers predict that
only George Wallace and Jmmy Carter
will move strongly in the Democratic race,
several other candidates are forming

visible groups in Lexington and at UK.

Art Curtis. director of the humanities
council at UK and a supporter of Rep.
Morris Udall tD-Ariz.) said that although
his organization was formed only about a
week ago he is pleased with their progress
to date.

"We’ve already formed our cummitteec
and selected a treasurer and temporary
coordinator." Curtis said. ”1 think we’re
doing pretty well] considering we just got
off the ground."

Currens, Welch announce candidacy
in '76 Student Government election

By DAVID BROWN
Assistant Managing Editor

The 1976 Student Government (86)
election campaign has unofficially begun.

Althougi the official filing period doesn’t
open until March 30. Carlton Currens. a
political science junior. and Linda Welch.
an environmental sciences junior. have
annwnced their intentions to run for the
top 86 offices.

Currens and Welch attacked the current
SG administration calling it "inadequate"
and susceptible to ”bureaucratic
bungles." Currens. who will run for
president. cited 86 President Jim
Han‘alson's failure to spend the 81.200 that
remained of 1974.75 86 general fund before
it reverted to the University's general
fund. as the most costly of the ad-
ministration's "bungles."

”The current administration has played
one group against another group. they
have not concerned themselves with the
best interests of the students." Currens
said.

“The problem is in thinking of 86 as a
government it is not a government and
should not be considered one,” he said.
"SG has no governing power at all.

"l-Zssentia lly 86 has acted as a mediator
between students and administration. 86
should go beyond—initiating' programs
and attempting to improve education and
student life styles," he said.

”We think 86 can work," Currens said.
”But if 86 is to play no more role than to
distribute 810.000 and provide minimal
services. it should be abolished.” SC is
allocated 810.000 by the University each
year.

Currens and Welch said they had no
specific platform yet. but said they were

”open to all suggestions."

Welch said they would view the elec-
torate as a body of students and would not
attempt to divide it into groups. "86
belongs to students and should be open to
students."

Welch said they would make an attempt
”'o mobilize those students who don’t
know about $0 and who haven‘t voted
before."

Currens is currently president of the
campus chapter of the Kentucky Public‘
Interest Research Group. He is former 86
political an‘airs director, and was a
student lobbyist in the 1974 Kentucky
General Assembly.

Welch is currently working to reorganize
the Council on Women’s Concerns and is a
member of the Environmental Action
Society. She was an organizer of the Red
River Defense Fund and served as that
organization 's president for two years.

Since Carter and Wallace are expected
to poll from 60 to 80 per cent of the vote
between them. most organizers working
for the other Democratic candidates,
including Curtis. said they feel their
greatest chances for success lies in
capturing the remaining votes.

“A lot of people we've contacted seem
interested in Udall, if not as a first choice,
as a possible second choice.” Curtis said.

Samuel Freeman, a graduate student
and local chairperson for the campaign of
former Sen. Fred Harris (D-Okl), said h's
organization will rely on Harris’ per-
formance in the Pennsylvania primary to
add momentum to their efforts.

“Obviously we did not do as well in New
Hampshire and Massachusetts as we
thought we would, and that raised
qustions about Fred staying in the race,”
Freeman said. “But Fred still feels there
is a large labor vote which remains un-
tapped so he will mass his forces for
Pennsylvania.

“if Han-is does well in Pennsylvania and
other northern industrial states,”
Freeman said. “‘we hope the momentum
will get us 20 per cent of the vote in Ken-
tucky."

Officials at Democratic headquarters in
Lexington said they were unaware of any
organizational efforts being made by
Democratic contenders Sen. Henry
(Scoop) Jackson (D-Wash.) and newly
announced candidate Sen. Frank Church
(D-Ida.).

Former Georgia Governor Carter, the
leading Democratic contender, appears to
have the most viable organization—both

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Bruce Winges.
Editor-in-Chief

Ginny Edwards
Managing Editor

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Editorial Page Editor
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(Editor’snote: Iecaueeot the number of letters and commentaries received by

the KeriIthere is no editorial today. All letters to the editor and Spectrum oom-
mentaries should be "it“, double-spaced end signed. including classification, motor
and phone number. Letters should not exceed 250 words and Spectrum commentaries
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Canyon lands

Editor:

in the southwestern U.S. is an area
known as the Colorado Plateau that is
unique not only because of its scenic
beauty but because a large portion of it
belongs to us, in the form of National
Parks, monuments and forests. Such
wonders as Bryce, Zion, Grand Canyon,
Arehes, Canyonlands and others are
situated in this area.

Centered in this area is the site of a
planned 3,000 megawatt coal-burning
power plant known as Kaiparowits,
which is intended to serve the southern
California area. Unfortunately, the
Kaiparowits plant will produce massive
air pollution, a situation that will, in
effect, bring Los Angeles’ smog to the
wilderness. If the plant is built, we will
sacrifice our land for the inability of
Los Angeles and San Diego to control
their own cancerousgrowth.

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The secretary of the interior will soon
be making a decision on this project.
Please write: Thomas Kleppe,
Department of the interior, ”C” Street,
Washington, D.C., 20240. Letters from
the eastern U.S. are urgently needed.

Frank Becker
Zoology graduate student

Letter policy

The Kernel welcomes any and all
reader response through letters to the
editor or Spectrum articles. Since we
can express our opinion through
editorials, it is only fair that readers
may also express their views. because
of space I imitations, letters to the editor
should be no longer than 250 words and
Spectrum articles no longer than 750
words. All letters and Spectrum
commentaries should be typed, double-
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‘By Bruce W. Singleton

There has been a lot of talk going
around lately about chain letters. The
one getting the most attention involves
money orders.

What you do is buy a :3 money order
from a friend for $6. Attached to the
money order is a chain letter with a list‘
of ii names on it. You send the money
order to the person on top of the list,
move everyone up one space, put your
name on the bottom and buy two more
money orders to which you attach the
new letter with your name on it. This
you sell to two friends for $6 each. The
result is that you‘re out $12 (plus
whatever it costs to buy a money order
from the post office) that you get back
from your two friends. Your chain has,
now started.

As your chain is generated, your
name will be moved up the lists,
eventually going to 2,048 people, who
eadi send you a $3 money order.

The result is $6,144 in money orders

 

 

and all because you invested a little bit
of money.

All this sounds very tempting. And,
like other things that sound tempting, it
sounds illegal. Whether it is or not
depends upon several factors.

One thing is clear. it is a federal
crime to mail these letters or carry
them from state to state (under Title l8.
sections lxland 1302 of the U.S. Code).
The federal crime carries a maximum
penalty of $1,000 and two years in jail.

So the letter emphatically urges the
future links of the chain not to mail the
letter, stating that if is legal if not
mailed.

Kentud